Powder-box.



W. H. PERKINS.

POWDER BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 15, 1910.

969,398. Patented sept. 6,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER H. PERKINS, OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 'IO WATERBURYVlVSGr.

C0., OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION. i

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 15, 1910.

Patented Sept. (i, 1910. serial No. 538,255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thnt l. n/riait Il. Pnnntss, n citizen ot' the UnitethStates, residing :it Cheshire, in the eounty otc New Haven :nul Stateot` Connecticut. haveinventetl n new :nul useful Improvement inlowtler-lioxes;

and I lo herehY (leelnre the following` when teken in connection withthe :teeonipnnying drawings nntl the letters of reference nntrketlthereon,. to he n t'ull, elettr. :intl exnet tteseription ot' the sanne,:intl which snitl tlrttwings constitute port ot' this specification,nntl represent. 1n-

Figftney l n viewpnrtlv in sitle elevation untl partly in vertienlsection of n powderhox enihotlying ntv invention. Fig. l :t hrolien viewthereof in vertical section. Fig. 3 :t plnn view thereof with :t portionofthe neek in section to show the molle ot' fastenin,f r the pintle.

My invention relates to un improvement in non-refillzthle powder-boxes.the ohjeet hein j to protluee :tt :t low eost for nntnutzteture, ttnon-retillnhle powtler-hox ot nent :intl attrait-tive, nppettrunee.eonstrnetetl with purtieulnr rel'erent-o to"eonvenienee ot use ns well:is to non-retilltthility.

With these en ls in view tny invention consists in eertnin tletuils oteonstrnt'tion :intl eoinhinzttion ot' purts :is will he hereinnftertleserihetl :intl pointetl ont in the elnint.

In carrying ont my invention the o ylint'lrienl hotly 2. inelinetlshoultler il. neel( 4 nntl top 5 ot the nox nre tlrztwn t'roln n singlepieee ol sheet-nn-tnl. The .sttitl top 5 nnnle .Slightly erowninj 1- intot'in to enhnnee its ttppenrnnf'e unil inerense its strength, :tnl'llurnishetl with e. single tliselnlrgenperture (i whieh is eirenlnr intorni, :is shown.r t-honleltl its t'ortn muy he van-lett us llesirethtlnngetl nml ero\\'nin; pivotnl eover T tits snugly over the upper entlol' the net-lt' I so ns to entirelv eover the top 5 :intl is hinged inplat-e hy u wire pintle l'he discharge aperture t2 is loentetl. :is lmuy now point out, to one sifle ol u liney passing eentrnlly through thesnill top :intl eove' :nifl trans4 verset)1 through the pintle ntitlwnythe length thereof. spring-tinger fl nnule inteprnl with uniltlepentling t'roin the lnnt'e oiV the eover 't' is heul to snnp into :tn:innulzu' groove l0 l'orniell in the neeltfl nl :t point.4 justl helowthe lower etlg'e ol' the tlepentlinln' thingie of the eover 7 when thesante is in its elosetl position. tv :t point' tlireetl)Y opposite thesttitl sprintf-finger E). the tlnnge o'tl the eover fornuwl with :inintegrul lent hein inwnrtl to protlnt'e n hunt-hte ll which enters thegroove l() :tt :t point. tlininetrienlly opposite the point thereinwhich receives the sttltl spring-Hilger S), the snitl linuelile, 1lreceiving' the pintle S whieh is t'ortnetl tront n short length ot' wire:intl the entls of which.

ns shown, are bent inwnrtl nntl pttssetl through the wztlls of thegroove l() :tntlthen hent; (town upon the inner` fno-e thereot'l ttsshown in Fig.

lv loetttin.;- thetliselntrge-npertnre t3 :ts :thove tleserihetl` ltnnlte in v intprovert hox purt'ienlzn'ljf Convenient to use since whenthe tlisehttrg'emperture is so loetttell the nut.- urttl ntotle ot'holdingthe hox in shutting ont the powtler is in the position shown h yFig. 3 in whieh the :tperture is in its lowest position with rel'ereneeto the contents of the hox. ln this position ot the aperture.` theshaking ot the hox (loes not ten l to swing' tho eover T into itselosetl position us the line in whieh the hox is slntlt'en is su'hstztn-.tinll'v purztllel with the line ot the pntle t' :nul l nueltle ll,whereas it' the aperture were loentetl in the renter ot.' the top or onn line, pttssing venti-:illy through the lop :nul eover :nultrnnsverselv Lln'one'h the pintle ntitlwaly the length'thm-init. the`elteet ot slmlt'ing the hox woulll he lo entuse the (zover T to swingtownrll or into its elosetl position :intl so he in the w:t.\ otl thofree, egress oli' the powtler 'front the ztperllne When the lvoX hnsheen lillell with powtler through tho open lower elnl ot its hotlyy i,the suine is lil-used h v :t thtngetl or enp-lilte hottotn l2 into \\'hill the etlgfo ol the hox is set. 'lille hottoln l2 is seeuretl in plnee.

h5 the ent ront-ent nl. nnnnlatr hetnl lil tornietl in its lztngfe into:t 4groove ll tortnetl elose to the etlgfe ot'the hotly 'l :ts elenrl \rshown in ["ig. l.

ln :t powtler-hox` the eotn'hinntion with :t fvlintlrienl hotly hnvineInn inelinell shoultlet' merging' into :t net-lt' surnlonntell hy nerownin ftop t'ortnell with :t tliseltnreeopening'. ol' :l thinned overhing/ll lo the snitl neel( :intl shutting over the snitl top in whitlithe .snitl lis ltnr;'e-o|lening is lovoted to one side of a line passingcentraily specicution in the presence of two subscribv through the Saidtop and Governi, a right ing witnesses. anglo 1o the pivot of thelatter, whereby when th@l box is shaken for the discharge of 5 ih@powder, its cover Will not swing out to- 'Titliesses:

wurd or into its closed position. J. S. NEAGLE,

In iostimony whervoi, I have signe@ this HENRY Lomz.

vWALTER H. PERKINS.

